For those of you who like to "horse" around

[Paul]

Last month I attended an equestrian event for the first time. Knowing there are those of you out there who might be interested in such things, I took pics. Considering all I have is an inexpensive 'point & shoot' digital, some of the pics came out surprisingly well. I had difficulty in choosing which ones I liked best (even with respect to the less than stellar shots) so now I'll make all of you suffer through multiple, often similar pics. I apologize ahead of time for how picture heavy this will be.



1st a t-shirt that I just thought was a hoot







Some shots of the area -- it was a beautiful day















There were 8 or more of these stall tents you see in the background. The fair/show/competition lasts for about a month during which time this site hosts about 1,500 horses.







Those familar with such events will undoubtably figure "well yeah, so?" but I thought this was neat -- before competitions commense, each rink/course(?) has one of these trucks that go about wetting down the dirt. Kind of the equestrian version of the zamboni.







Now a LOT of pics of jumping horses



































A narrowly avoided "face plant" -- neither horse nor rider were hurt.

[cb977]

Awesome, Paul!
Thanks for sharing

The photos are very nice too